It is a cell culture taken from cocoa pods and then raised in nutritious ... Some confectionary companies who make a business in chocolate are facing an existential crisis in where their supply ...

Cacao trees grow well here in Hawaii and ... Once you have ripe pods, making your own chocolate from your tree can be a rewarding process. Start by cracking open the pod and removing the beans.

Blue Stripes, the whole cacao brand dedicated to combating the global cacao crisis, has been named No. 1 in the Small and Mighty: 1–50 Employees category on Fast Company's 2025 Most Innovative ...

On the rainy side of Hawai‘i Island, Daeus Bencomo steps through fresh mud in his cowboy boots, rows of leafy cacao trees on either side ... Here, growers are making fresh kokoleka, or chocolate in ...